Disability Probation Order

Sec. 4006.051. DISABILITY PROBATION ORDER. (a) The department may order that an agent be placed on disability probation if, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, the department determines that the agent is suffering from a disability. (b) The department may order disability probation for an agent only if the agent demonstrates that: (1) the disability can be successfully arrested and treated while the agent is engaged in the agent's professional business; (2) the disability is unlikely to cause harm to the public during the period of rehabilitation; (3) adequate supervision of any necessary conditions of the probation will occur; and (4) the agent is capable of competently performing the agent's professional duties. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 7, eff. April 1, 2005.